Luxembourg

Luxembourg

In the wake of LuxLeaks

The April 2015 decision by the Luxembourg prosecutor’s office to charge Édouard Perrin, the French journalist responsible for the LuxLeak revelations about tax avoidance schemes, hurt the Grand Duchy’s image and show that it was more concerned about deterring investigative journalism than protecting the public’s right to information.

15
in the 2016 World Press Freedom Index

Ranking

+4

19 in 2015

Global score

-0.82

13.61 in 2015

  • 0
    journalists killed in 2017
  • 0
    netizens killed in 2017
  • 0
    media assistants killed in 2017
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